§ 52. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the ratio of wholly unemployed to outstanding vacancies in the Wearside area at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt October, 1971 there were in the Wearside area three notified vacancies to every hundred people registered as wholly unemployed. There is no obligation on employers to notify their vacancies to my Department. The vacancy statistics relate only to those vacancies which are notified and remain unfilled on certain dates, and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.